Rapid web development is not getting out of hand. There is a natural progression in most development processes to simplify and streamline complex and repeatable tasks to 1) reduce error; 2) increase productivity; 3) lower the required technical aptitude. Tools and frameworks provide each of these.
Innovation, on the other hand, requires both insight and ambition. Insight is needed to identify the opportunity for technical progress, and ambition is needed to fulfill the promise the opportunity represents.
Many engineers have the ambition to move past RAD systems to get to the deeper levels of technology but might not be insightful. Others have great insight into the fundamental structures of the systems they work with and yet have no ambition to dig deeper. Those engineers who possess both ambition and insight are precisely the ones who move our craft forward by creating the frameworks we are discussing.
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Innovation, on the other hand, requires both insight and ambition. Insight is needed to identify the opportunity for technical progress, and ambition is needed to fulfill the promise the opportunity represents.
Many engineers have the ambition to move past RAD systems to get to the deeper levels of technology but might not be insightful. Others have great insight into the fundamental structures of the systems they work with and yet have no ambition to dig deeper. Those engineers who possess both ambition and insight are precisely the ones who move our craft forward by creating the frameworks we are discussing.